English noun: linden |
1. | linden (plant) soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork |
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| Synonyms | basswood |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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| Substance meronym | basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree |
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2. | linden (plant) any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber |
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| Synonyms | basswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American basswood, American lime, cottonwood, Japanese lime, Japanese linden, silver lime, silver linden, small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, Tilia americana, Tilia cordata, Tilia heterophylla, Tilia japonica, Tilia tomentosa, white basswood |
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| Member meronym | genus Tilia, Tilia |
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| Substance holonym | basswood, linden |
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